The ShowerThe local Children’s Hospital wanted my daughter out as soon as they could possibly discharge her. They wanted this so much that they…Mar 16, 2023Mar 16, 2023
The First Day of ForeverI woke up on the first day without my daughter in the bed she had died in less than twenty-four hours before. I was surrounded by my other…Nov 5, 2021Nov 5, 2021
“You’ve become something less than you used to be,” he says.I gave him my youth.Aug 17, 20211Aug 17, 20211
The LawnmowerShe was diagnosed at the end of August and died towards the end of the following June. In all of those terrifying months, I worked on…Jun 18, 20211Jun 18, 20211
The BraidsHer hair had always meant a lot to her. The only blonde in a family with dark heads. People talked about her fair hair from the moment she…Jan 22, 2021Jan 22, 2021
The Day My Daughter Was Diagnosed With A Brain TumorAugust 2018 our first day of the “school” year (we homeschool) happened and shortly thereafter our whole world changed. . The only thing…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
The First Panic AttackMy child had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, a brain tumor that no child survives. She had been through the treatments to prolong her…Nov 24, 2020Nov 24, 2020
The Blue ChairShe was hesitant about transferring between chairs. The comfort of the wheelchair arms on either side of her, the knowledge that she could…Nov 23, 2020Nov 23, 2020
